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To: llevrok

I fly fixed, not copters, but auto- rotating in fog has to be almost impossible.


7 posted on 05/20/2024 2:58:19 PM PDT by Dennis M.
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To: Dennis M.
"I fly fixed, not copters, but auto- rotating in fog has to be almost impossible."

No more impossible than landing a fixed wing (many of which have a stall speed that's substantially higher than the best rate of descent airspeed for a copter) under the same conditions.

Runway visibility is always controlling for an instrument approach, regardless whether the aircraft's wing's rotate.

31 posted on 05/20/2024 4:52:46 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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